Kentucky voters rejected an anti-abortion amendment to the state constitution, delivering a win for abortion-rights supporters that echoes a similar vote in Kansas. The question was added to the ballot before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
The outcome of Tuesday’s election highlighted what appeared to be a gap between voter sentiment and the expectations of Kentucky’s Republican-dominated legislature, which imposed a near-total ban on abortions and put the proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot.
While a significant moral victory for abortion-rights advocates, the amendment’s defeat will have no practical impact on the right to an abortion if a sweeping ban on the procedure approved by lawmakers survives a legal challenge presently before the state Supreme Court. Still, the amendment’s rejection leaves open the possibility that abortion could be declared a state right by the court.Rachel Sweet of Protect Kentucky Access, an abortion-rights coalition, hailed the outcome as a “historic win” against “government overreach” into the personal medical decisions of Kentuckians.
“The people of Kentucky have spoken and their answer is no –- no to extremist politicians banning abortion and making private medical decisions on their behalf,” said Amber Duke, interim executive director for the ACLU of Kentucky.
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